Interesting article that analyizes the spread of the priting press in Europe and how it affected the growth of cities that had one. http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6092...

I have worked at companies with good leadership and poor leadership.  Generally you don’t appreciate the good leadership until you have been in a situation with poor leadership.   ...

In case you didn't already know Jim Cramer came onto the Daily Show March 12th to be interviewed by a well prepared and angry Jon Stewart.  I was impressed at how good of a job Stewart did at not allowing Cramer ...

I  geek out on creative ways to analyze data, I LOVE it.  So when my buddy Jeff forwarded me the below l actually watched it twice in a row.  It is a little long but absolutely worth it. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

Below is a YouTube video of Peter Schiff battling with various talking heads about the direction the economy is headed. I have to give the man credit for both being dead on right and also not losing his cool as people mocked him for thinking we were headed into ...

This is a very interesting article about the economic policies of both candidates. I will look at the article more closely in a bit (to verify mostly) and will return to comment in the comments section. Assuming this article interprets all the policies correctly, to summarize: 1. Obama's promised revenue from ...

Despite who you root for or against in the NBA, you have to respect Mark Cuban for his business accumen. I really approve of this advice regarding personal finances in the current market. http://blogmaverick.com/2008/10/15/where-to-put-your-money-right-now/#comments This is for anyone who has under 250k dollars in stocks and bonds and also has debt. If you ...

I've always had an internal debate about the issue of Consumption Tax and whether it is ultimately more fair than the income tax. Looking at the issue from a general perspective, consumption tax makes more sense. You pay for what you consume. This proportionally taxes the rich since they theoretically ...

Various pictures describing the financial crisis I have found on the Internet.  Special thanks to all the work of the good people on fark.  ...

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. - Richard Feynman